Munster, IN —
OSHA Injury Report: Franciscan Health Munster
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Franciscan Health Munster in 701 Superior Avenue, Munster, IN 46321 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was surgical Technologist II in hospitals, general pediatric.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Franciscan Health Munster
- Parent company
- Franciscan Alliance
- Street
- 701 Superior Avenue
- City
- Munster
- State
- IN
- ZIP
- 46321
- On-site location
- Operating Room
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Assisting with patient procedure
What happened
Employee reports she was cleaning up at the end a surgical case (vitrectomy) when she grabbed the sharps to throw them away. Employee states she felt a poke to her right thumb by a contaminated needle.
Injury or illness
Contact with contaminated hypodermic needle Contact with and exposure to potentially hazardous body fluids
Object or substance involved
Contaminated needle
Summary line
Exposure to contaminated needlestick to right thumb during an intra-op procedure
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Surgical Technologist II
- SOC code
- 29-2055 — Surgical Technologists
- NAICS code
- 622110 — Hospitals, general pediatric
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Avg employees
- 560
- Total hours worked
- 1148092
- EIN
- 300995182
- Establishment ID
- 925296
- Employer case #
- 2024-00021
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 6:30
- Time of incident
- 9:00
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted
- 24JAN2025:20:39:00
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2024. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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